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Residents distraught after popular mural honoring Latino culture in Houston is painted over
Popular mural honoring Latino culture in Houston covered up
The local Latino community is mourning the loss of a longtime mural honoring their contributions. FOX 26 s Chelsea Edwards shares their concerns over being blotted out from Houston buildings.
HOUSTON - The local Latino community is mourning the loss of a longtime mural honoring their contributions.
The washateria at 2216 Airline Dr. looks like another whitewashed business in the Houston Heights, but not long ago one of its walls displayed a colorful mural painted in the early 90s by two students from what was then Reagan High School.
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That s according to the San Francisco Chronicle, which reports that the eatery will open within a month or so in Cupertino, followed by locations in Livermore, Walnut Creek, Santa Clara and Mountain View.
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The chain s first kopitiam, which means coffee shop, opened on Singapore s Killiney Road in 1919, according to the company. Just over a century later, the chain arrived in the U.S. last year with a first location in Palo Alto. The eatery serves coffee, tea, kaya toast toasted bread with a kind of coconut jam and a variety of Singaporean cuisine, which the franchise describes as a combination of Burmese, Malaysian, Chinese, Indonesian, and Thai food.
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